The Pearl at Rosemary Beach

The Pearl at Rosemary Beach, a luxury hotel and resort boasting a restaurant, lounge, and cabanas, has chosen art photography exclusively by artist and award winning photographer, Tommy Crow. The Pearl, a 55-room hotel features most rooms with a private balcony; in-room spa treatments; a Keurig coffee and tea brewing machine; and complimentary overnight valet parking. The tech-savvy…

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Cajun Benedict- Who Say’s You Can’t Have Gumbo For Breakfast?

This past week I spent time in Lafayette, Louisiana tasting my way through what Southern Living readers awarded “The Tastiest Town in the South 2012”, and Livibilty named “Top 10 Foodie Cities in 2013.” On a breakfast tour I was introduced to The French Press, an upscale bistro in a historic building offering Louisiana classics…reinvented….

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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Presents Improvisation Workshop for Guitar & Mandolin in Downtown Pensacola

An Approach to Improvisation on Guitar and Mandolin Thursday, April 18, 2013 Tim May and Dan Miller (co-authors of the popular eight volume Flatpicking Essentials Guitar Course and the instructional DVD “An Approach to Improvisation”), will conduct a hands-on, all-level Guitar and Mandolin Improvisation Workshop to be held in Downtown Pensacola, Thursday April 18, 2013 from…

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Spring Power Foods & Roasted Spring Vegetables

Today is the first day of Spring and I am ready to celebrate! Having one home form college right now, and the other arriving Friday for Spring Break has been a lot of fun; it also has required me to make a few requested favorite family meals again. Spring brings lots of healthy produce, including some of…

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Emeril’s Florida & A Chicken Salad Kicked-Up Sandwich Finale

When most people living outside of Florida think about The Sunshine State, they think of Miami, Orlando, and Disney World.  I happen to live on the polar opposite end of the state in Northwest Florida on Scenic Highway 30-A in Santa Rosa Beach. SRB is generally located between “The Forgotten Coast” of Apalachicola and “Lower…

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Abacus Restaurant, Dallas & Lobster Scallion Shooter’s

Chef Kent Rathbun is the owner of the 13-year-old crown jewel on Dallas’s dining scene, Abacus Restaurant. He is also famously known for defeating Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America, along with his brother Kevin Rathbun, an Atlanta Restauranteur, who was last seen about town at the Destin Charity Wine Dinner and Auction.

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